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What type of cell is a tumor?
A tumor just refers to an abnormal growth of cells that form a swollen growth. A tumor is not necessarily cancer. It may be benign or malignant.
What is the medical term meaning any type of tumor or abnormal growth?
A neoplasm is the medical term meaning any type of tumor or abnormal growth. A neoplasm may be cancerous or benign.
What is the medical term meaning tumor resembling many different tissues?
A poorly-differentiated tumor resembles many different tissues. In contract, it's easy to name the tissue type of a well-differentiated tumor.
What is vestibular schwannoma?
A vestibular schwannoma is a type of benign (non-cancerous) tumor that affects the eighth cranial nerve.
What does pedunculated mean?
Pedunculated refers to a growth, such as a polyp or tumor, that is attached to the body by a stalk or stem. This type of growth can extend outwards from the body, resembling a mushroom on a stalk.
Is Wilms' tumor malignant?
Wilms' tumor is a type of malignant tumor
What is the medical term meaning benign growth on the surface of a bone?
Osteomas is a general term for a bony growth on the surface of a bone, but there are many more specific diagnoses depending on the morphology of the tumor. A more specific type of benign tumor on the surface of bone is an osteochondroma, made up of both bone and cartilage. Exostosis is another type of bony growth on bone.
Is a cancer tumor movable?
Most cancers are internal and cannot be felt. But, if you can move a tumor that is only a little ways under your skin, it is generally a lipoma or another type of benign tumor. This is a fat tumor and is almost never cancerous. I say almost, because in very rare cases a lipoma can become cancerous from growth. Touching it does not induce this.
What is A type pf pasta that looks like rice?
Orzo is a type of pasta that resembles rice.
What did Mikey Dread die of?
Brain Tumor. I am not sure of tumor type
From what type of cells or tissues do neuromas usually develop?
Neuromas usually develop from nerve cells or tissues. They can result from the growth of benign or malignant tumors on the nerves.
What is rhabdomyolosis?
A rhabdomyoma is a benign tumor of striated muscle. They can be "cardiac" or "extracardiac" . Extracardiac tumor can be: adult type, fetal type, and genital type.
